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This Is How You Recognize High Conflict Behaviors In Your Partner
Subtle tendencies that can ruin your relationships
Most people are usually shocked when they find out that their spouse, colleague, or someone close to them has a high conflict personality.
People with a high conflict personality tend to have enduring patterns of dysfunctional interpersonal behaviors that make it harder for them to keep a healthy relationship.
And since they can become so dangerous, recognizing these patterns of behaviors is crucial to protecting yourself in a relationship.
Strong tendency to escalate small disagreements
In relationships with high conflict orientation, it’s not unlikely to find a partner who just likes to escalate minor disagreements rather than work to settle it.
In my experience, the average person will seek to settle a disagreement with their partner, friend, or colleague as quickly as possible rather than let it drag on for days, weeks, or months.
When dealing with someone with strong conflict inclinations, however, they don’t care how long the beefing goes on, and their actions will appear to indicate that they want to keep the crisis going.
